because of it but howard is here and as we said earlier, those closings and delays, the list is growing longer. >> yeah thanks to the snow that we're dealing with. some of the snow totals are in ricksyville, virginia with 4 inches of snow. warrenton 2.5 and o pal 1 inch of snow this morning. >> the big story this morning of course is the nor'easter. it's the northeast and new england bracing for that major winter storm. thousands of flights into and out of the region have already been canceled. delia goncalves is at the airport and she's going to have more on what's happening there coming up in a few minutes. but howard, you are seeing a lot of cancellations especially coming in and out of the -- the area. >> i was reading new york had 2300 plus flight cancellations. >> blizzard warnings up there now. >> when you factor in boston and hartford and providence and albany. it is going to be a ton of problems in. and they're expecting -- there. and they're expecting 2, maybe

3 feet of snow. blizzard warnings throughout. for us we have a little president of snow west. it's the same system but the cold isn't here and the storm not quite mature yet. but sit on its way. -- it is on its way. we're going to have rain this morning a cold rain. but after the noon hour, just some showers and maybe even a peek or two of sunshine as winds turn northwesterly and the low passes the region. but west of town winter weather advisories we're seeing the snow upper montgomery, frederick, loudoun especially western loudoun through fauquier, even down in bealton have reports of snow too. but it's really been culpeper and madison and rappahannock counties with 2 to 4-inches of snow. you can see it all to the west. i think it's a little snowier over the last couple of frames than what we've been showing you. but culpeper is 36 and it's still snowing. frederick reports of light snow in the city at least. where the roads are wet but north and west we probably have some issues there. then the snows go down into especially northern fauquier

county. madison. then in southern montgomery, charles county and southeastern prince george's county. moderate to heavy rains coming out of northern neck. her temperatures around 41 and it's 38 tappahannock. but at andrews and leesburg and frederick the temperatures above freezing, we've got some snow and sleet and freezing rain west. that means some issues on the roads. with more on that monika samtani now with timesaver traffic. everywhere you see 32 is where you want to be concerned because that's where the snow is sticking and it's getting a little bit icy. in? case be careful out west coming in on 66. we've heard about a lot of separate accidents and everything minor and a lot of slipping and sliding especially to gainesville and then beyond that just heavy now out of centreville towards fairfax and vienna. the beltway still looks okay through the tysons area with annandale and springfield. here's northbound 95 and tough heavy -- 395 and heaviest

stretches on 95 now coming up from dale city to the occoquan river. here at 395 duke vet just i think -- street i think just going to be at or below the speed limit closer to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. back to the maps this time heading in from the north. as howard's been saying since early this morning and now you can tell by the maps, you see the yellow and orange forming from frederick and that's because things are slowing down with some dicey conditions on the roadways. that's going to extend from route 109 to 121. once beyond that it seems to be okay in the jermantown area. live look outside one more time. and this time a little further south here at route 121. road conditions are wet. but no problems as you head from here down to the point where the lanes divide. back to you mike. thanks monika. ahead of the massive storm headed for the northeast thousands of flights have been canceled. >> additional cancellations are expected a lot of them actually. as everybody braces for the nor'easter up in new york, new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts, maine, all the way up the coast, delia goncalves is live from reagan national airport with more on

what travelers really from the whole united states can expected to because a lot -- expect today because a lot of flights are canceled. >> reporter: that's right mike and a lot of folks in the hometown bracing for 2 feet of snow possibly. in the last ten minutes we were outside and we talked about the activity that we saw outside probably the busiest that i've seen this airport in the very early hours. of course it is friday and perhaps maybe with a lot of folks trying to get out before the storm really strikes but now we're inside take a look at the terminal here. just -- you know some slight traffic here. not too busy here in the terminal. but we can report to you several cancellations so far. about eight cancellations to boston. we know that three flights have been canceled to jfk rather and about eight to laguardia. we've already checked in with u.s. airlines and we are hearing that they've canceled a record 2,000 flights between yesterday and today. and they're expecting many more flights to be canceled so certainly it's going to be a very tough day here at the airport for many travelers who are trying to get to the new

england area. certainly call ahead. a lot of airlines are making accommodations for you and they're offering folks services where they can cancel the flights and they can actually reschedule at a later date. but certainly it's going to be a tough ride for a lot of folks trying to head to new england. much more coming up in a half hour. back to you. >> thanks delia live at national airport this morning. just an awful story out of annapolis this morning. a woman from annapolis is due in court this morning on charges she murdered her own 2- year-old daughter. investigators are now focusing on a trash facility in anne arundel county with hopes of finding kassidey booth's booth. police say chelsea booth smothered the toddler this week and then tossed the body in a trash. they believe it ended up on bridge ridge road in jessup at a waste management facility. the search continues this morning. a massive man hunt is underway in southern california for an excop allegedly hunting

his former colleagues. police believe christopher dorner has already killed three people. he posted a manifesto on the facebook page where he revealed he would vow revenge for being fired from the force in 2008. he threatened the officials involved in firing -- the firing as well as their families. the search for dorner stretches across three states but right now it's focused mainly on big bear, california where police found his burned out truck. >> 6:06 and jessica doyle is in with another your money report. >> a big airline deal could impact your money especially if you're a business traveler. >> we have u.s. airways and american potentially on the eventual of announcing a merger that would create the world's biggest airline. so a lot of people might be wondering what does this deal mean for me and possibly my next flight? well first up will fares rise? the "wall street journal" predicts in the long-term, they probably will. as the industry consolidates the airlines have been picking up more pricing power. if this deal goes through, since 2001 mergers have turned ten airlines into just four.

that gives you an idea how much the consolidation is going on. you may also be wondering about your frequent flier miles, your other perks. in the past consumers have been able to retain everything they earned. what could happen in this case u.s. airways flyers would be able to transfer their miles to american's advantage program. if you have accounts on both you might be able to combine them but there's also the possibility that the value of some of the miles could be reduced as the airlines work out new policies together. u.s. airways currently the biggest carrier out of reagan national. and that could be affected but probably not anytime soon. since this deal is aimed at getting bigger, you're probably not going to see trimming of services at hubs. and there's still a chance that this deal won't happen. amr could back out and work through bankruptcy on its own or the bankruptcy judge and the justice department could have problems with this merger based on anticompetitive reasons, antitrust reasons. so we're just going to have to wait and see. >> i heard that amr did have a

serious effort to think about staying out on its own if they can get the money together. >> absolutely this stance has been going on for a time now. >> thanks jess. all right celebrating carnivale and brazil's five day extravaganza begins today. >> adult beverages coming up next. some savory dishes tooment we're going to travel -- too. we're going to travel a bit for a tast

did you know brazil's carnivale begins today? right before ash wednesday. and if you want to celebrate and you obviously can't get down there. we have a solution for you. joinings us now just meeting now. i'm mike nice to meet you. >> i'm matt. >> and that name of the restaurant? seca? >> it's actually a magical tweet on south america. >> you're right here in the district. >> yep, 14 and g.. >> one of the things you're going to do is one help us and two you said bread is one of the big things you're going to work on for the big celebration. >> it's a brazilian festival down there and goes a week long. the biggest party of the year. we're going to be celebrating by making a brazilian cheese bread. a little bit easier to say cheese bread. but the great thing about this and the great think we're doing this morning is the breakfasts. >> all right breakfast. did you hear that? breakfast. >> we're going to start by

taking some whole milk. adding in to the sauce pan. >> i have never been to brazil but i have some friends that have and there are signs that say no dancing on the bus. every day is a party in brazil. >> especially during carnivale. we start by adding the whole milk and vegetable oil and a little bit of butter. going to let that simmer. once that happens we're going to add a little bit of salt. >> excellent. >> that's going to give it a nice flavor. and then we're going to add our tapioca flour. >> what's that? >> it's the key to the dish. gluten-free and available at most specialty markets and it gives a really nice light texture. >> now tapioca flour and you said this is for breakfast. alongside the eggs and whatever -- how's it served? >> just asis. it's a street food. all over the place. probably sell it to you i'm not sure what they charge for it. >> grab it and go. >> yep. we're going to serve it a

little bit -- kicked up a little bit with a little bit of guava butter salted. makes it feel like it's very fancy. >> how long does this simmer? >> probably takes about five, six minutes to come to a simmer. we're going to add the tapioca flour. it tends to explode everywhere. >> excellent. how are we going on time lauren? okay, we only have about a minute and i want to make sure we continue with the ingredients. then pat it out and roll it like pizza do you? >> it's not going to look like a traditional bread. it's going to be very wet. sit in the fridge for about two hours and then take more of the tapioca and mix it with the hands and you can roll a ball to the appropriate size. >> okay. >> the flour is key and it's going to be really sticky. once that happens you can put it onto a buttered sheet pan and bake it at 350 degrees for about 20, 25 minutes. >> do you have a finished product? >> i do. >> excellent. you have about 30 seconds left. and of course, you got to have a rum cocktail as well right?

>> absolutely. we're asheup serving $5 -- serving $5 brazilian street food. the bread and plus several other things, this is it. come on down. you don't need it. >> excellent remind them where the restaurant is? the name of it ask where it is again. >> ceca 14th and g. right downtown. >> we're going to have the website on wusa9.com. thanks so much. check it out for carnivale. over to you. you do share here on the morning show. >> we do. >> we expect to have some of the bread in here. all right howard has been busy this morning. lots going on. >> especially the friends out west. some snow a little bit more than we were thinking, winter weather advisories are up. folks you got the mother load so far. here's another picture that i was given to me sent to me from bill and that is in reva, virginia. reva has had 4 plus inches of snow this morning. come on weather computer. let's get you going here this morning. 4 inches plus and the snow still falling across areas to

our west and northwest. watch out there. boy, it's been something else in that just one little strip of the world. around here, we've got cold rain falling. temperatures will be into the upper 30s by 9:00. by noon, 41. the rain is really going to taper off after the noon hour. just some showers even a few peeks of sun. with highs between 40 and 45. but you're going to notice the winds this afternoon and especially tonight. but we've got winter weather advisories, these are blizzard warnings in orange from new york city up to boston. winter storm warnings for northeastern pennsylvania. northern jersey much of new york state, vermont and new hampshire as well. as we're looking at the radar this morning. you're seeing the moisture coming in from the south. it's been just cold enough out here and i still think we're seeing more snow than the radar's depicting trying to shrink that snow area down. but we've got snow mixing in, in northern montgomery, western howard. frederick county here. west of 81, folks in cross junction, virginia it's 31 degrees but dry as a bone

there. so really loudoun county. an inch to 2 there as well but down here with 3 to 4-inch snow totals and look at the bands of rain now coming up for colonial beach and dahlgren heading up to southern maryland over to mechanicsville and even into calvert and prince fred hick. watch out there. temperatures still at freezing at leesburg and winchester and gaithersburg. watch out for slick spots there from the snow and sleet. south just going to have wet roads. 35, light rain. feeling like 28 so a raw morning. and a big storm brewing with one piece of energy from the midwest. one coming up right from the mid-atlantic. this one is going to just bomb out too far north and east of us. but by the afternoon, it's pulling away from us. and it's started to just pulmoable the northeast and -- pummel the northeast and new england. 43 this afternoon. with the morning rain and the snow and the mix. showers this afternoon. windy tonight and saturday.

yellow alert today and then we'll drop it. 39 tomorrow. sunday a better day. less wind milder. 46. and more wet weather moving in monday. it will be 54 and a chance of something wednesday but i think it's going to slide to our south. let's check in with monika samtani. big problems west of town where we've seen the wintry weather. yeah especially on 66. since howard's been telling us you want to be careful especially west of gainesville. on 66 we see the examples of many accidents. police are telling us that they're minor in nature, just a lot of slipping and sliding and fender-benders and they're having to move everything out of the roadway. just going to be that slow traffic. northbound 95 look at that. slow right from dale city into woodbridge and then again in springfield. first of all, on the northbound side of 95. it's pretty solid there in springfield. coming up from route 644 to the beltway. and then 395 now through landmark to seminary road. we'll go back over to the maps quickly and show you what it looks like if you're planning

to head on the inbound side of i-66 as i said. just slow traffic out of manassas into centreville and then into fairfax. live outside if you're planning to head over to 66 in centreville again, you're going to find those brake lights. and of course chances are at some point today you will be stuck in traffic or waiting on a bus or a train. wishing you could just get to your destination. it's just kinds of life -- kind of life. >> i want to go that fast. that's the way the video was. >> tomorrow guess what? you'll have a chance to do something about the congestion and the bad streets. for the first time ever, ddot is asking real drivers and passengers to make a wish list of improvements at the move d.c. idea exchange. what a great idea. >> it's about time. >> really. well better late than never. everyone is welcome to attend and you can give your ideas directly to the people who are involved with making changes. experts inned fields. the -- the fields. the fair is tomorrow from 9:30 to 3:00 at the martin luther king jr. library in northwest. you know they can accommodate

300 people by the way. it's free with fun activities for kids. for more information, you can check out our website, wusa9.com, or go to wemoved.c..org. again the d.c. ideaic change. i spoke -- exchange. i spoke to now ddot pio monica hernandez and i said what's an example of a livable community like you're talking about? it's like the eighth street quarter, now the new rail car system through there. the streetcar system. you have easier access union station through buses and you have rest substantiates and shops and that's -- restaurants and shops and that's a good example of for the first time they said you know what we need to speak to the people who actually live there and work there. what is important to you? let's look at the big picture and make some plans and put that into our budget. >> sounds good. >> sidewalks, streetcars street lights are a good thing but do you have enough turn lanes and parking? >> signals, bike lanes, they have problems with the bike lanes and how do we fix that and of course pedestrian access. >> absolutely.

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welcome back. 6:23 your weather first. cold and rainy here in d.c. and south and east. but to the west of us what a difference 20 miles make. charlie in kaytlyn has about a half inch to inch of slush there and he's in southern and central fauquier county. to reva and they've got a report now of 5 inches of snow still coming down western loudoun seeing some slick strettos up to frederick county -- streets too, up to frederick county, maryland. winter weather advisories until 10:00 a.m. this will wind down and afternoon just some showers. temperatures 40 to 45. probably seeing even a peek or two of sunshine later on. andrea and mike over to you. the baltimore ravens made the media rounds this week out last night with the coaches turn.

>> he's a good egg that john harbaugh. he was a guest on david letterman and he revealed that he was not his parents' favorite. >> did you ever get a sense growing you have there was favorite im-- up there was favoritism? >> i felt like jim was the favorite pretty much our whole -- [ laughter ] i did. i did. jim felt like he was the favorite but the truth is joeny our sister was truly the favorite. she was the little baby girl. >> joe knee? where does she coach? >> interesting you ask. >> that was very funny. that was very funny. andrea's ear piece isn't working. he said yes and then he said actually no, joeny our sister is the favorite. david letterman says where did she coach? i haven't heard that yet. i can imagine they might be a little bit -- mum right now between the two of them. >> if you want today go and visit the brother he probably

would have flight delays too because that nor'easter nears and many will have to face a change in their travel plans later today. >> and that's right. delia goncalves is going to have a live report for you on what you can expect if you're trying to get out and about on the eastern seaboard today monika? >> from the west you want to be especially careful as well. howard's been telling us that 66 has been in trouble with the snow sticking and 270 as well out of frederick, once you're here on the spur traffic is moving well to the beltway. more news, weather and tr

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we are back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first and you'll definitely want to turn to us. it's going to be a busy weather day. this is a live look at national airport. delia goncalves is there. she's in the parking lot as the busiest place right now. flights being canceled in and out of the northeast area. >> right. >> because of the big storm that's coming today. and we thank you for stat, your -- starting your friday with us, good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with northwest and looks like he's got the umbrella. >> good morning it's a cold rain. this is the thing i hate most, cold rain. my least favorite weather. some snow out to the west has really piled up in culpeper county. most of what we're going to see is this s going to be this -- is going to be this morning.

you know there are 23 million people in the northeast under blizzard warnings right now from new york city to boston? we'll have showers after lunchtime with the steadier rains this morning and south of east of town it could be moderate to heavy. west of town some wet snow which is really piled up. culpeper madison rappahannock have reports 3 to 5-inches out there but the winter weather advisories as close as montgomery, loudoun, howard and fauquier counties and points north and west of there. even southern fauquier though the northern part of the county more than south. still a little snow out there and west of 81 if now look at the precips already pulling away with the heavier bands of rain across charles county and prince william county. wet snow there this morning in leesburg and still some pockets of snow from northern fauquier down tow culpeper. -- through culpeper. i have a report recently even out of reva that it was still snowing at 5-inches plus. and look at the moderate to heavy rain bands coming in just

south and east of fredericksburg through la plata approaching annapolis a little while. southern maryland dealing with heavy rains this morning and temperatures there in the mid- to upper 30s. but leesburg still 32 with some snow. and that's the problem. there are the pockets north and west still at freezing with snow coming down making for some slick areas. especially when you get into culpeper county. route 3 is a mess from what i hear. here's monika and timesaver traffic. so like howard's been saying it's the pockets where you see 32 degrees where you want to be most careful and now of course heavy rain as howard is also telling us in southern maryland and in from the west watch out the snow is sticking especially west of gainesville on the inner loop of the beltway closer in. there's an accident after prad dock road. as -- braddock road. as you leave springfield is accident is in the right lane after braddock road. a look at 66 inside the beltway here about the run parkway. inside that stretch between the beltway and the roosevelt bridge you are good to go. all cool there. back to the maps this time to

the north side of town. from northern montgomery county rockville, aspen hill, wheaton, everything here is fine to the beltway. we had an early morning accident with some slippery road conditions with the rain on the outer loop near connecticut avenue earlier this morning. let's take a look at i believe 270 on the southbound side. this is getting heavier now on the spur. it also you've got the slow stretch really out of frederick most to have way into clarksburg. back to you mike. thank you monika. time now to check what our partners at "cbs this morning" are doing. >> gayle king is in los angeles and guess what she's covering this weekend? good morning thanks for being with us. >> guess what i'm covering? yes i got up early just for you two. hello mike and andrea. good morning to you. we're in los angeles of course where we have new information on the massive search for an ex- police officer who's on a deadly revenge spree. his former boss at the lapd bill bratton will join us this morning. plus the host of the grammy's. the one and only ll cool j takes a break from rehearsal to

talk to us about the show. and what does he think about the dress code for sunday night? the news is back in the morning, we'll see you at 7:00. mike and andrea back to you. >> all right. i'm worried that it could be a big blue dot for the grammy's if people try to show up at the gramny's -- >> fashion don'ts. >> you are absolutely -- you know, at the gramny's you guys you know anything goes. anything goes. >> exactly. the craziest awards show out there. all right we'll be watching and listening for your coverage virginia a great time -- coverage. have a great time. it is 6:33. let's talk a little money, it's time now jessica doyle is here. >> hi there. you want us to evaluate money this weekend. >> yeah. you know we've given you a lot of tasks this week and talked about taxes for example but we also need to remember we've got the automatic federal budget cuts looping so we want to take you a look at your bank account. focus on your money. it's very important. you need to know how much you have coming in. how much you have going out and this is the time to move into a mode that personal finance guru

suze orman calls live below your means but within your needs. and here's why. residents that are prepared for layoffs and furloughs because of the automatic cuts planned to trigger on march 1st. if congress does not stop it, and it very well could but if it does not, sequestration will slash $85 billion from federal budgets through september 30th. federal agencies have to cut up to 10% of their budget. and as an example the defense department plans to furlough employees starting in april. employees would have to stay home without pay one day each week which is essentially a 20% pay cut. private contractors are also expected to furlough or cut jobs or pay. and we've already seen a pullback in our local economy. over the past 20 months the washington area has lost 8900 federal positions. and the region no longer one of the top economies in the country. now ranking in the middle of the pack for cities nationwide. knowing all this, here's what i want you to do this weekend. check your rainy day funds.

ideally you need six months of expenses in there and figure out where you can cut from your bills. dinners out, movies, concerts vacations, cable and cell phone bills are big budget ones, look at those and control the credit cards over the next couple of weeks, unfortunately this is not short-term problem. get this -- 52 president of the federal work force made an average salary of $146,000 in 2011. that is well ahead of the private sector and national averages and in a budget cutting environment, i would be shocked if we didn't see yet again salaries dropping in the washington area. as they did for the first time last year. $146,000 on average for federal worker. >> wow. that's a big number if you think about other areas in the united states. i mean -- >> yep. >> thanks jess. >> you got it. well, you don't want to miss it. you saw gayle king, she's already there in los angeles. the 55th grammy awards happen this weekend. you can watch the grammy's

sunday right here on wusa9. ll cool j is hosting the show. the fun and the music starts at 8:00 p.m. >> will there be a wardrobe malfunction with all the ha ha? >> i'm going to hear what i want to wear. guess what? r&b singer avant is going to be talking to us next. >> his new album "face the music" is out and plus find out where you can see

hello and welcome back to 9news now. it is 6:40. busiest man in the newsroom, howard and you can see the effects of the weather on the school closings and delays right there at the bottom of the screen. >> amazing snow totals there. if you're on the facebook page, thank you. a facileon thank yous for that. edward says he's in fauquier and going to go to culpeper. he's doing fine. gets to route 3 and whoa.

glad you made it and glad you're taking it safe. even in leesburg, just got a report of 1.2 inches of wet snow with more in western loudoun county. those folks under winter weather advisories until 10:00 a.m. although i actually said they're going to be canceled earlier than 10:00 a.m. stuff west is winding down already. stuff east moderate to heavy rain at times for the next several hours. thedy planner and busy morning here with temperatures in some spots still around freezing rain this morning. around this afternoon some showers and even some sunny breaks and the winds will shift from north to northeast and northwest and pick up and get really windy tonight. gusts tonight in the 40, to 45- mile an hour range and a cold day with highs only 40 to 45. even by afternoon, notice more intermittent rain showers across the region. blizzard warnings new york to boston. up into parts of southern maine as well. winter storm warnings in white. winter weather advisories here. they can see 2, 3 feet of snow across parts of new england with this epic storm that's

headed their way. even new york city could see a foot or more of some wind driven snow. then south and east of town look at the moderate to heavy rains that we're looking at. we'll deal with the wintry weather first. carroll county upper montgomery, dealing with some sleet some snow mixed in. turns into more snow into western loudoun. now through northern fauquier and even down to culpeper but we are seeing the back edge of this really not quite make it into western virginia. barely into harpers perry. bill said nothing here in smithburg. cross junction nothing there. but back into culpeper this is where we've seen the 3 to aarons of snow. look -- 5-inches of snow. but look west of fredericksburg and the radar echos are quiet. east of fredericksburg it's dumping. it's pouring from la plata down across the river to dahlgren and port royal down to newland as well. so st. mary's, southern prince george's county, anne arundel you will get heavy rains here over the nest several hours.

temperatures only 33, 34. a miserably cold raw morning. out west, we still have some pockets of 32. even in fairfax. so watch out for those slick areas but it's really in western loudoun where we've got more concern because we've had a little bit more snow. outside, a wet morning. we're looking at 35 at national with light rain. feeling hike 28 the dew point is only 32. it's humid and cold and just kind of cuts right through you this morning and we're going to watch the rains. pull away from us even by 9:00 now, this is a little bit faster than what we saw earlier. looks like the bumbling of the rain -- bulk of the rain east. a couple of showers here and there for the afternoon even late afternoon but sunshine also returning and then this storm hammers new england and even parts of the northeast tonight into the first part of saturday. 43 today. mainly rain. some snow this morning. showers this afternoon. windy tonight we drop to 30 in town. mid 20s north and west. 39 tomorrow. a windy day but the sun's back. 46. sunday looks pretty nice actually. as we'll have lighter winds and

sunny skies. by monday, though milder with rain returning. 54. and there's a possibility of something wednesday but signs are it will slide south of the region. let's go to monika samtani now. because we have been very busy also in the traffic world. and remember howard i said yesterday, can we just skip over friday? i thought you were going to take care of that howard. you didn't take care of that. on the inner loop of the beltway, after braddock road, there's an accident in the right lane so as you leave springfield, be careful there. and then southbound i-95, after the fairfax county parkway, leaving springfield as well another accident that one blocks the two right lanes. as howard's been saying it's pretty tough going as you travel inbound on i-66 toward the gainesville area. then the road conditions improve a bit. it's going to be wet but look at that long slow stretch and then it gets even heavier inside the beltway trying to get toward the dulles toll rod. a live look outside, here's what it looks like planning to head on the inbound side of i- 66 in centervillement back to

the maps, 270 suffering quite a bit out of frederick to clarksburg and to hyattstown. in gaithersburg it improvs a little. 270 and falls road at or below the speed limit in this area. a real treat "face the music" is the center album released just in time for valentine's day. the r&b singer avant is on the phone to talk with us about his show tonight at howard theater, avant can you hear me? can you hear me? i'll tell you one reason why he's not here in studio is because he had a late night show here in cleveland and he's driving here to d.c.. he will be here well in time for the show tonight. let's listen a little bit to the song that is really a hit with critics and fans. it's called "you and i." ♪ i want to talk about the one i love, i know a lot of times

you forget ♪ how i take good care of you, but tonight, i just want to express the way i feel ♪ ♪ oh baby >> that's the number one song on the new album "face the music" from avant "you and i" featuring keke wyatt. avant can you hear me now? >> caller: yeah i got you, how are you this morning? >> i'm fine how are you? you had a very late night and making your way from d.c. to ohio. give us a traffic update, how are conditions on the roads? >> caller: well, it's -- just okay. but you know it's -- kind of you know we trying our best to try to get in there. like you said you make it this morning. but we love you guys and we appreciate everything that you're doing for us. >> well, avant i can it will you people are -- tell you people are appreciating this album and this single. i was looking on facebook and on the critics' reviews, the women love it. the guys love that the women

love it. how did you pick this show? i know you didn't write this but how did you pick this song and know this was right for you? >> caller: i knew that you know because me and her we had hooked up a few times before. and everybody was actually you know, you guys need to hook up again and make an album together. when i started my new album i knew the main focus was to get her on the track with me. it was just about love you know. i felt like this is the great time for this to want to love each other again. it's a purpose for that. >> we certainly do need a little love these days. avant, how did you know you could do more than just sing in the shower? when did it hit that you can make a career out of this? >> caller: well you know honestly, my -- my uncle he passed away from myeloma cancer and he was -- he never made it to the big scene. but he used to do rehearsal all the time in my home. and that's what that means. you know that's just -- that's

how i got bit by the bug basically. and from that point on, i felt like it was something i wanted to do and it was my destiny. and i worked really hard for it. >> uh-huh. well you did very well pushing hard for it. considered the voice of modern soul and that voice avant, will be performing tonight at the howard theater. the show starts at 8:00 p.m. and doors open at 6:00 p.m. there's still some tickets available. but you want to try and get in there a great prevalentine's gift. avant thank you for speaking with us. safe travels and we look forward to seeing you in d.c.. >> caller: thank you so much for everything and everyone out there. go pick up "face the music" it's in stores right now. >> all right, you are very welcome. again the seventh album is really a hit and people are loving it. called "face the music." >> okay coming up we're going to have a live shot from national airport and we're going to talk about travel and the amazingly humongous storm up in the northeast and how it's affecting us here and of

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welcome back to 9news now. u.s. airlines is scrubbing thousands of flights as a nor'easter nears. >> that's from all over the country. not just in our side of the country. delia goncalves is live from reagan national airport with what travelers can expect today and look at that. good morning delia. >> reporter: probably the busiest that i've seen it and it's been busy since 5:00 this morning when we got here soon afterward. we know that 12 flights to new york have been canceled.

so far from what we've seen here at the airport, flights heading to new england this morning still on time. that's because we're hearing word that logan airport in boston shutting down at noon. we caught up with the passenger kathy white. she lives in beantown. heading home. she switched her flight to 7:30 so hopefully get there on time. let's take a listen. you are heading home. >> yes. >> this morning. heading to boston. >> i got my flight out. i was here last night to get my flight out. >> so you did make plans to leave this morning. knowing that logan was going to be -- >> originally i was to leave at 12:30. and my husband called and said no. that is definitely not going to work. so we made alternate plans. and 7:30 a.m. i got on. hopefully. >> reporter: now your husband is in seattle. so there's no one home. >> there's no one home preparing for the snow. >> son is not there. nothing. so -- yes. we're going to bunker down and put the fire on and look at the

snow. hopefully. if i make it. >> reporter: hopefully if she makes it. and according to that monitor that we saw, flight is on time. so let's hope that she can make it. but if you are heading to new england, and haven't been able to switch a flight to head out this morning, you may be out of luck. you'll probably have to ride out the storm here in the mid- atlantic. back to you. mike andrea? >> fingers crossed for a lot of the folks out there. thank you delia. okay it is time now to answer our question of the morning. here we go -- >> wusa9 facebook friend lance wrote -- >> no, no, the answer is a., someone seeing their internet browsing. people what are you doing people? while you're online at work?

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winter weather advisories still up until 10:00 a.m. west although snow now changes to rain. we got a little rain by mid- morning this is going to wind down. temperatures today 40 to 45. and a drier weekend. better on sunday. all right, that's it. "cbs this morning" is next. >> have a great weekend and here was what our week looked like. we hope you had some fun with us. we'll see you back here monday. >> they did it. they held on until the bitter end. ♪ >> number one!

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